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Highlights from the news file for Monday, May 8 ——— MAN AND YOUNG GIRL MISSING IN QUEBEC FLOODS: More than 1,500 soldiers hit the ground Monday to help Quebecers deal with "historic" flooding that has caused widespread damage and evacuations, and spa

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government was on the defensive Monday over its plans to create a new infrastructure financing body amid opposition accusations that the Liberals had given global investors too much power over the agency's design.

MONTREAL — Two of Quebec's largest institutional investors say they won't support the re-election of Bombardier executive chairman Pierre Beaudoin, dealing a fresh blow against the manufacturer's controlling family just ahead of its annual meeting Th

TORONTO — Two Toronto-area doctors who were acquitted in court of sexually assaulting a medical student will not face their professional regulatory body over the case. Dr. Amitabh Chauhan and Dr.

OTTAWA — Michel Bourbonnais and his wife, Maggie, have enjoyed four years of retirement bliss on a piece of prime riverfront property at the end of a short street that ends at the Ottawa River.

TORONTO — Uber has hailed a prominent artificial-intelligence academic to lead a driverless-car project in Toronto — the ride-hailing company's first such research hub outside the United States, its CEO announced Monday.

HALIFAX — An eyewitness said he heard a loud bang, and saw a bloody man sitting on a chair in the Halifax apartment of a medical student on trial for murder.

TORONTO — Higher energy stocks helped lift Canada's main stock index Monday amid signals that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries could extend a cap on oil production among its members.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's eroding coast and forest clearcuts emerged as election issues Monday as the Liberals promised new studies and laws, while the Tory leader said existing environmental rules are gathering dust.

GATINEAU, Que. — Lise Veillette and her husband Jean-Pierre Subercaze lost one car and a few of their belongings before finally deciding Monday to leave their home near the Gatineau River.